TPITWOHEF

Chapter 17

[To freeze soft tofu, forming small air pockets on the surface. Then place it into the boiling hot pot, letting it roll for a few moments before scooping it out.]

Xiao Chuchu's mouth watered just thinking about it.

[Give it a swirl in hot oil to coat it with green scallions, adding fragrance. With each bite, hot and spicy broth splashes out from the air pockets...]

[At this time, gathered around the warm brazier, take a sip of the sweet and sour plum soup...]

Xiao Chuchu was truly craving it now.

Hearing the thrifty late Emperor Father say that her mother could order whatever she wanted, she couldn't help but let her mind wander.

This was not her fault.

She was not a real infant, having only been breastfed for two days before craving bold flavors again.

Especially with the freezing cold outside, it was perfect weather for a steaming hot pot.

[Next, take a crisp little cabbage, wash it clean, tear it into pieces, separating the leaves from the stems, and put them into the pot separately, cooking until completely translucent and soft and sweet.]

Shh-haa shh-haa.

Xiao Chuchu couldn't help but drool.

Even Liu Chaniang, who was holding her, felt tempted.

It seemed that this hot pot was different from the warm pot they usually had. She was quite eager to try it, but couldn't order dishes based on her daughter's thoughts, as that would reveal to the Emperor that she could hear her daughter's thoughts.

Liu Chaniang could only endure, thinking that when they returned to her little courtyard, she would secretly have the palace maids prepare a small warm pot according to her daughter's description.

As she was suppressing this thought, a loud rumbling came from the side palace.

Liu Chaniang looked up to see Xiao Yunzhou's ears turning slightly red.

He was hungry!

Xiao Yunzhou, the supreme ruler above all others.

Occupying the throne of the emperor, he normally ate refined and precious delicacies on a daily basis.

But now, after hearing his young daughter's description of hot pot, the more he listened, the hungrier he became.

As an emperor, he could eat whatever he desired, so there was no need to conceal it!

Observing that Liu Chen's expression remained unchanged, completely unmoved by their daughter's thoughts, he knew that she most likely could not hear them, and only he, as the father emperor, could hear the celestial princess reborn's thoughts!

The hot pot she described must be something from the celestial realm.

"Ahem."

"Wei Zheng, go to the kitchen and pass on the message that His Majesty wishes to have a warm pot today."

"Have all the beef and mutton sliced into thin strips one finger wide and palm-length, thinly sliced like paper, and served on plates immediately."

"Then send some fresh, tender cabbage and baby spinach."

[!! The Emperor Father even knows how to eat hot pot!]

Xiao Chuchu was astonished.

[Is this something they actually have here?]

Xiao Yunzhou's expression brightened, but his eyes betrayed no emotion as he continued instructing the eunuch, "Also, ask the imperial kitchen what other ingredients they have that can be put into the warm pot..."